Rolla - Jan 14, 2002 - Insect-like robots may one day swarm over the surface of Mars, helping scientists better study the planet, says a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher developing this new breed of robots.
Melbourne - Jan 11, 2002 - University of Melbourne scientists are using the humble Australian yabby as their inspiration to help build miniature robots for NASA's exploration of Mars.
Pasadena - Jan 11, 2002 - Flight controllers for NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft sent commands overnight to raise the spacecraft up out of the atmosphere and conclude the aerobraking phase of the mission.
Pasadena (JPL) Dec 17, 2001 - If Santa Claus were a martian, he'd be in for one bumpy ride. That's the assessment of navigators and engineers controlling the flight of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft as it currently flies four times daily above the north polar region of Mars.
Greenbelt - Dec 6, 2001 - A global view of how Mars changes with the seasons has been provided by extremely precise observations from two investigations on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft.
Sydney - Dec 4, 2001 - Space activities may be under a cloud of controversy, but one fact remains. Mars is the hottest ticket for planetary exploration. The successful arrival of NASA¿s Mars Odyssey has set the stage for another round of surprises that will further ignite interest in this world.
Atlanta - Dec 3, 2001 - One of the oldest forms of flight -- the flapping wings of insects -- may support a revolutionary new class of robotic flying machine uniquely suited for exploring a brave new world: the planet Mars.
Boulder - Dec 3, 2001 - New research from the University of Colorado at Boulder reveals that areas of the surface of Mars may be protected from the full force of solar radiation by areas of intensely magnetized crust.
Pasadena - Dec 1, 2001 - Flight controllers for NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft report that Odyssey has reduced its orbit period to just under 10 hours. The orbit period is the time it takes the spacecraft to make one revolution around the planet.
Cranfield - Nov 27, 2001 - Is there life on Mars? Thanks to a ¿60k grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), a team from Cranfield University and the University of Leicester will try and find the answer.
St. Louis - Nov 26, 2001 - An analysis of high-resolution topographic maps and photographs, as well as recent studies of Martian meteorites suggest the presence of water on the Red Planet for a longer time scale than scientists had previously believed.
Moffett Field - Nov 20, 2001 - The H.M.S. Beagle set sail from Britain late in the stormy December of 1831, bearing the young naturalist Charles Darwin on a quest to understand the natural history of the farthest lands humans could reach. One hundred and seventy two years later, the UK's Open and Leicester Universities, together with Astrium, an Aerospace Industry partner, aims to reach a bit farther: to Mars. Beagle 2, a compact, lightweight lander carried on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express, will search for signs of life on the red planet.
Tempe - Nov 20, 2001 - There may have once been (and perhaps still is) life on Mars, but the evidence for it is barely stirring. When, in 1996, a group of NASA researchers presented several lines of evidence for fossil bacteria in a Martian meteorite, a wave of excitement passed through the public and the scientific community alike. Of course, that wave was followed by a storm of controversy.
Canberra - Nov 18, 2001 - Australia is one step closer to having its own outback space research facility, to be used for testing equipment and technology which could help to send humans to Mars.
Pasadena - Nov 13, 2001 - NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft has now entered the main aerobraking phase of the mission.
Boulder, Nov 12, 2001 - In their search for water and possible life on Mars, scientists are turning to new data generated by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images and Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) topography from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft.
